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  • Sunday, September 12, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Hollister House Plant Sale & Wine in the Garden

    As summer fades into fall we have invited some of the premier growers in New England to set up shop at Hollister House Garden. This is a special opportunity to purchase choice plants from Broken Arrow Nursery, David Burdick Bulbs, Cricket Hill Garden, Falls Village Flower Farm, Issima and Mc Cue Gardens.

    Enjoy a glass of wine and nibbles as you shop and visit the garden, located at 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut. Hollister House Garden Members $30 Non-Members $35

    RESERVATIONS

  • Tuesday, July 16 – Thursday, July 18 – Nantucket Garden Festival: A Celebration of Island Gardening

    Tuesday, July 16 – Thursday, July 18 – Nantucket Garden Festival: A Celebration of Island Gardening

    The 11th Annual Nantucket Garden Festival highlights the unique and beautiful garden ecosystems on Nantucket and focuses on the importance of sustainability, conservation and gardening ethics for the long-term health of the island. Scheduled for July 16th-18th, the festival celebrates gardening through creative workshops, exquisite garden tours, children’s workshops, family activities and an opening night party. Register at http://www.ackgardenfestival.org/

    Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch will speak, and Ed Bowen and Taylor Johnston of Issima will give a talk on The Cutting Garden Reimagined.

    On Wednesday, July 17 from 6 – 9, the Garden Soiree ($175 before June 30, $225 thereafter) will be held at The Middle Brick, 95 Main Street, a benefit for the Nantucket Lighthouse School. The School is the venue for the three day Garden Marketplace. Five different garden tours are also planned. Buy your tickets now.

  • Saturday, September 8, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – Hollister House Garden Study Weekend VIII Symposium: A Passion For Plants

    Be inspired by a day long symposium on Saturday, September 8 at Hollister House Garden, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut (the Berkshires) featuring:

    Sarah Price – one of Britain’s most prominent garden designers on Plants First
    Kelly Norris – award-winning plantsman and author on Planting on the Wild Side
    Lynden Miller – public garden designer on Beatrix Ferrand:Inspiration and Mentor
    Taylor Johnston and Ed Bowen – of Issima on The Cutting Garden Reimagined
    Barbara Paul Robinson – passionate gardener and author of Heroes of Horticulture
    Each reservation includes continental breakfast and lunch at the symposium and cocktails and preview buying at the Sale of Rare and Unusual Plants at Hollister House Garden.

    Visit  https://hollisterhousegarden.org//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/HHG_Garden-Study_VIII.pdf for event details.

    Patron $500 – includes invitation to the speaker dinner on Friday evening at Hollister House Garden and reserved seating at the symposium. ($200 of this ticket is a contribution to the HHG Education Fund and tax deductible)
    Friend $190 – Hollister House Garden and Garden Conservancy members
    Non-members $225

    If you must cancel your reservation please notify us as soon as possible so we may make your space available to others.  Register at https://hollisterhousegarden.org/events/

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